Phillip Island - The Penguin Parade

Sunday we rented a car and drove south to Phillip Island, where there are 10,000 people and 32,000 penguins. 

Before we reached Phillip Island, we were just in time to watch the noon feeding of the pelicans at San Remos.  

Next, we walked along the boardwalk at the Nobbies, an area with very powerful waves and craggy cliffs while waiting for the penguins to come out of the ocean.  

Finally it was 5:42 and we were sitting on bleachers waiting for the little buggars to come out of the ocean.  We weren't able to take photos because we might disturb them, so, this pic is from the app I downloaded. It was incredible to see these little 13 inch blue, black and white penguins come out of the ocean where they've been gathering food, come up on the beach, and waddle up the various paths to their burrows.  An interesting tidbit ... These little guys always come back to the general area where they were born to sing to each other. They are very social which makes the area very noisy. There were about 1500 penguins that waddled and talked or sang as they went to their burrow.